 | Englishmen - 1836 - 258 pages
...old English character, which, if it ever changed, we should be sanguine indeed to expect to see it succeeded by a better. The simplicity of his character...invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr Gibbon, after describing a day passed with him at Lausanne, ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended,... | |
 | 1838 - 482 pages
...the old English character, which if it ever changed, we should be sanguine indeed to expect to see it succeeded by a better. The simplicity of his character...invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr. Gibbon, after describing a day passed with him at Lausanne, ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended,... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pages
...eloquence roused enthusiasm ; the gentleness of his manners inspired friendship." — " I admired," says Gibbon, " the powers of a superior man, as they were blended in his attractive character with the simplicity of a child. No human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pages
...roused enthusiasm ; the gentleness of his manners inspired friendship." — " I admired," says Gibton, " the powers of a superior man, as -they were blended in his attractive character with the simplicity of a child. No human being was ever more free from :any taint of malignity, vanity,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
...enthusiasm ; the gentleness of his manners inspired friendship." — " I admired," says GibЪоп, " the powers of a superior man, as they were blended in his attractive character with the simplicity of a child. No human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or... | |
 | William Fewsmith, Edgar Arthur Singer - 1866 - 240 pages
...ceaseless action, all that is, subsists. The simplicity of his character inspired confidence, the ardor of his eloquence roused enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. I go to hear Rowland Hill because his ideas come red-hot from the heart. While the West was thus rising... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 pages
...If moral worth and Gospel faith are prized, brilliant and accomplished debater the world ever saw." "The simplicity of his character inspired confidence,...gentleness of his manners invited friendship." "I admire," says Gibbon, "the powers of the man as they are blended, — his attractive character, with... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1878 - 268 pages
...should be separated by commas. Ex. — The simplicity of his character inspired confidence, the ardor of his eloquence roused enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. Rule XI. — Two correlative clauses should be separated by commas. Ex. — As the lightning that lighteneth... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...English national character which, if it ever changed, we should be sanguine indeed to expect to see succeeded by a better. The simplicity of his character...Mr Gibbon, "the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child ; no human... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 pages
...English national character which, if it ever changed, we should be sanguine indeed to expect to see om heard of. He is secret in his purposes, and more...which was before. And for his pride and flattery, are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child ; no human... | |
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I admired (says Mr. Gibbon), the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood. 
